Whitakers History of Craven, the leather bound edition published in 1878, with illustrations and pull-out maps, family trees, diagrams, etc., throughout. (14.5in)

Estimate: £30 - £40

Lead Smelting Mills of the Yorkshire Dales and Northern Pennines, two editions by Robert Clough, published in 1980 with 250 limited copies; and another two of Lead Smelting Mills of the Yorkshire Dales published in 1962, limited editions with one signed by the author, all four with paper covers. (4)

Estimate: £30 - £40

A collection of books on whaling - some nineteenth century, one signed by the author, first editions, etc., including Pursuing the Whale by John Cook, The Artic Regions and the Northern Whale Fishery by Scoresby, The Artic Whalers by Lubbock, The World of Ice or The Whaling Cruise of the Dolphin by Ballantyne, etc. (17)

Estimate: £80 - £120

A box of Scottish books - a leather bound Burns works, Walter Scott by Buchan, Scotland, Scottish Song, The County of Peebles & Selkirk, Rulewater, Famous Scottish Houses, etc. (13)

Estimate: £15 - £20

A box of childrens books - mainly with decorative cloth covers, classics, natural history, novels and stories, etc. (26)

Estimate: £20 - £30

Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, by Bloxam published in 1849, illustrated throughout with monochrome woodcuts, leather bound with marbled boards. (6.75in)

Estimate: £30 - £40

A collection of books on sailing, travel, cycling, Scotland, walking, topography, Complete Guide to Heraldry, archeology, etc. (80+)

Estimate: £20 - £30

A quantity of books including agriculture, gardening, natural history, Wilsons Tales of the Borders, some leather bound, classics, poetry, sporting, etc. (43)

Estimate: £15 - £20

Seven boxes of books - childrens, paperbacks, reference, novels, contemporary and classics, travel, etc. (A lot)

Estimate: £20 - £30

Charles Dickens, Master Humphreys Clock, published 1840 in two volumes with illustrations by Cattermole & Browne, the leather bound volumes with marbled boards inscribed 1863; and another two similar leather bound volumes published in 1850 & 1866 - The Uncommercial Traveller and American Notes & Sketches by Boz. (4)

Estimate: £50 - £80

A quantity of art books including instructional painting volumes, books on artists, drawing, landscapes, etc. (75+)

Estimate: £20 - £30

The Art Sales Index compiled by Hislop, editions from 1974 - 2002 in 55 volumes; and a German lexicon of artists. (61)

Estimate: £50 - £80

Three boxes of books - childrens with dust covers, classics, nature, poetry, Black Lamb & Grey Falcon in two volumes by Rebecca West, travel, tartans of Scotland, etc. (91)

Estimate: £20 - £30

Coopers Poetical Works, an 1872 edition with fern bound boards and leather spine; a leather bound 1903 edition of British Dogs - The Various Breeds; a first edition of Nancy Ridley Portrait of Northumberland; and a leather bound edition of North Country Words by Brockett with marbled boards. (4)

Estimate: £30 - £40

A box of books on nature, farming, Northumbria and Borders, The Shadow on the Moor by the eighth Duke of Northumberland, riding & horsemanship, sporting pastimes, etc. (43)

Estimate: £20 - £30